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Abstract
Drawing on social information processing theory, this study examined the mediating role of perceived leader expectations (PLE) for creativity and perceived leader support (PLS) for creativity on the relationship between digital leadership (DL) and employees’ radical creativity (RC). A total of 231 employees in China’s information technology industry contributed data through a two-wave survey over one week. Results from structural equation modelling and bootstrapping analysis indicate that digital leadership was directly associated with higher radical or innovative creativity. Perceived leader expectations for creativity and perceived leader support for creativity enhanced digital leadership effects on radical creativity. Perceived leader expectations for creativity–perceived leader support for creativity played a chain mediating role in the relationship between digital leadership and radical creativity, strengthening radical creativity. These findings are consistent with social information processing theory and expand the evidence of the impact of digital leadership on employees’ radical creativity.
Data availability statement
The raw data supporting the conclusions of this article will be made available by the authors, without undue reservation.
Conflict of interest
The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.
Author biographies
Jian Zhu is a Professor in Human Resource Management in the Business School of Xiangtan University in China. His teaching and research interests are in the areas of Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, and Leadership.
Yi Luo is a Postgraduate student in Human Resource Management in the Business School of Xiangtan University in China. His research interests are in the areas of Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management.
Hui Wang is a Professor in Human Resource Management in the Business School of Xiangtan University in China. Her teaching and research interests are in the areas of Organisational Behaviour, Human Resource Management, and Leadership.